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		<title>5/17: A Milk Row Cemetery Tour 6-7pm</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brandon Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ May 17, 2012; 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] The Cemetery is a wonderful oasis in the midst of the hustle and bustle of our "downtown" Union Square, but due to the current fragility of certain areas, it is infrequently open to the public.  This will be a good opportunity to learn more about who is buried there, why it is historically significant, and what enhancements have been recently completed, as well as planned if the Massachusetts Historical Commission awards us a new grant in June.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;From Mansions to Mudflats&#8221; walking tour Sunday May 6</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 17:40:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry for the late notice, but I just found out about this yesterday. On the terrific walk around the Magoun Square area to celebrate Jane Jacobs&#8217; legacy, I was handed a flyer on the May 2012 Preservation Month events around the &#8216;ville. I&#8217;ll transcribe below what I have on that paper, because I can&#8217;t seem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>4/4, 4/19, 4/25 Inner Belt Symposium</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Apr 2012 17:08:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ April 4, 2012; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. April 19, 2012; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. April 25, 2012; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] The Inner Belt struggle was the first time Boston-area neighborhoods stood up for their own interests with regard to transportation improvements.]]></description>
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		<title>Volunteers Needed for Patriot’s Day Colonial Fair</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Mar 2012 01:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Conte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Help the City re-live Paul Revere&#8217;s historic ride from Boston through Somerville and onto Lexington and Concord.  Adults and high school students are needed to volunteer at the City&#8217;s annual Patriots Day Colonial Fair at Foss Park on Monday, April 16.
Volunteers will help residents learn about life in the late 1700s by leading Colonial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fall Resistat Community Meetings</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/11/06/events/fall-resistat-community-meetings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:59:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[These meetings are an important way to make your needs known to Somerville government. Show up and make your voice heard.]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday Brouhaha</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/10/22/historical/holiday-brouhaha/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 23:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Conte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent flap about “holidays” in Somerville has obscured the issues that instigated all the media frenzy in the first place. (What a surprise.)  The reason the matter was brought to public attention was that the email sent out by the Kennedy School’s Ann Foley was another example of that principal’s lack of sensitivity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Live Ghosts Haunt Milk Row Cemetary</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/10/12/arts-and-culture/live-ghosts-haunt-milk-row-cemetary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/10/12/arts-and-culture/live-ghosts-haunt-milk-row-cemetary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 23:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Conte</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Come visit the City’s only 19th century burial grounds, rarely open to the public. During SOMERSTREETS, a street festival on Sunday, October 23rd from noon to 4pm, ”The Ghosts of Somerville: Up Close and Intimate” event will be a ghostly open house.  Visitors in small groups will be treated to short guided tours of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>9/18/11 Walking Tour of Union Square</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/09/11/events/91811-walking-tour-of-union-square/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 21:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Dahlbacka</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ September 18, 2011; 2:00 pm to 4:30 pm. ] Free walking tour highlighting American Tube Works complex, workers' housing in Duck Village, and brick row houses along Summer Street with refreshments served at India Palace.]]></description>
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		<title>Joan Whitney Puglia Proposes Community Preservation Act Referendum</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/08/23/housing/joan-whitney-puglia-proposes-community-preservation-act-referendum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/08/23/housing/joan-whitney-puglia-proposes-community-preservation-act-referendum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 14:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>@BarryRafkind</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saying, &#8220;the Community Preservation Act (CPA) could generate millions of dollars for affordable family housing, open space and historic preservation&#8221;, Ward 7 alderman candidate Joan Whitney Puglia has announced her support for a city-wide referendum seeking adoption of the Act.
“For Ward 7, the CPA could provide funding to rehabilitate the baseball playing fields and tot-lot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5/9 Waters of Missi-tuk and The Work of 1000 &#8211; Join SCA, MyRWA and Rep. Provost for two new films</title>
		<link>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/05/04/events/59-waters-of-missi-tuk-and-the-work-of-1000-join-sca-myrwa-and-rep-provost-for-two-new-films/</link>
		<comments>http://www.somervillevoices.org/2011/05/04/events/59-waters-of-missi-tuk-and-the-work-of-1000-join-sca-myrwa-and-rep-provost-for-two-new-films/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 02:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>emilyh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[ May 9, 2011; 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] We'll begin with WATERS OF MISSI-TUK - a 27-minute documentary that takes a 400-year historical review of development of the Mystic River Watershed - followed by THE WORK OF 1000, about environmental visionary and citizen-activist Marion Stoddart, who helped turn the Nashua River from one of the most polluted rivers in America into a clean, healthy environment for wildlife and people.]]></description>
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